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Noun
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The need for government to step into the shoes once filled by philanthropists like Agnes Gund becomes even more vital.—
Gale Brewer,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will overhaul a board charged with soliciting donations from the city’s wealthy philanthropists, naming new members with few ties to the private sector in a shift from prior administrations.—
Laura Nahmias,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is privately operated by a corporation of just under 1,000 benefactors who have an endowment of over $2 billion.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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The benefactors, on the other hand, wore their wealth with ease.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Shaw’s biggest donors have been conservative developer Don Oliphant, Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, Riverside County sheriff and Republican gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, and business processing company Global Processing Systems.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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What happened The Justice Department on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with financial crimes, accusing the civil rights organization of secretly paying informants in the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups without telling its donors.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While there would be no interior accommodations for patrons, the business would provide walk-up service.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hotels used in talks last week have already asked patrons leave as the country shudders into another quasi-lockdown.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nearby is an antique wooden bench carved with angels in the Baroque style that arose from Minas state’s Gold Rush—an oblique reference to the golden light that floods terraces, and perhaps to the sensation here of being among Brazil’s first settlers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sanders needs Alabama’s gravitas or Texas Tech’s sugar daddies.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
29 Nov. 2025
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Currently filming in Hong Kong, Peaches follows Nora (Thatcher) and Bing Bing (Liu), two spoiled best friends who scam sugar daddies for a living.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Almoners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almoners. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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